Darwin's Nightmare at Stanford Thur. April 10, 7 PM

[Guest guest]

Thursday, April 10, 7:00 PM:

" Darwin's Nightmare " (2004 film). This award-winning documentary is 107

minutes long. Post-show discussion will be led by Rosamond Naylor

(Economics/Food Security and the Environment). Part of The Ethics of

Food & the Environment series. Free and open to the public. In

Cubberley Auditorium (in the Education Bldg), Stanford University. Map:

http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=03-300

 

Summary of the film:

A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake

Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is

sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to

make do with the leftovers. (more at

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424024/plotsummary)

 

See also:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_Nightmare

http://www.darwinsnightmare.com/darwin/html/startset.htm

http://events.stanford.edu/events/124/12415/